Recommended and Minimum Ages and Intervals Between Doses

of Routinely Recommended Vaccines1,2

Recommended Minimum
Recommended Minimum age
Vaccine and dose number interval to next interval to next
age for this dose for this dose
dose dose
Hepatitis B (HepB)-13 Birth Birth 1-4 months 4 weeks
HepB-2 1-2 months 4 weeks 2-17 months 8 weeks
HepB-34 6-18 months 24 weeks — —
Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP)-13 2 months 6 weeks 2 months 4 weeks
DTaP-2 4 months 10 weeks 2 months 4 weeks
DTaP-3 6 months 14 weeks 6-12 months 6 months5,6
DTaP-4 15-18 months 12 months 3 years 6 months5
DTaP-5 4-6 years 4 years — —
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)-13,7 2 months 6 weeks 2 months 4 weeks
Hib-2 4 months 10 weeks 2 months 4 weeks
Hib-38 6 months 14 weeks 6-9 months 8 weeks
Hib-4 12-15 months 12 months — —
Inactivated poliovirus (IPV)-13 2 months 6 weeks 2 months 4 weeks
IPV-2 4 months 10 weeks 2-14 months 4 weeks
IPV-3 6-18 months 14 weeks 3-5 years 6 months
IPV-49 4-6 years 4 years — —
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV)-17 2 months 6 weeks 8 weeks 4 weeks
PCV-2 4 months 10 weeks 8 weeks 4 weeks
PCV-3 6 months 14 weeks 6 months 8 weeks
PCV-4 12-15 months 12 months — —
Measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)-110 12-15 months 12 months 3-5 years 4 weeks
MMR-210 4-6 years 13 months — —
Varicella (Var)-110 12-15 months 12 months 3-5 years 12 weeks11
Var-210 4-6 years 15 months — —
Hepatitis A (HepA)-1 12-23 months 12 months 6-18 months5 6 months5
HepA-2 >18 months 18 months — —
Influenza, inactivated (TIV)12 >6 months 6 months13 1 month 4 weeks
Influenza, live attenuated (LAIV)12 2-49 years 2 years 1 month 4 weeks
Meningococcal conjugate (MCV4)-114 11-12 years 2 years 4-5 years 8 weeks
11 years
MCV4-2 16 years — —
(+ 8 weeks)
Meningococcal polysaccharide (MPSV4)-114 — 2 years15 5 years 5 years
MPSV4-2 — 7 years — —
Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) 11-12 years 7 years 10 years 5 years
Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)16 >11 years 7 years — —
Pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPSV)-1 — 2 years 5 years 5 years
PPSV-217 — 7 years — —
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-118 11-12 years 9 years 2 months 4 weeks
11-12 years 9 years
HPV-2 4 months 12 weeks19
(+ 2 months) (+ 4 weeks)
11-12 years 9 years
HPV-319 — —
(+ 6 months) (+24 weeks)
Rotavirus (RV)-121 2 months 6 weeks 2 months 4 weeks
RV-2 4 months 10 weeks 2 months 4 weeks
RV-321 6 months 14 weeks — —
Herpes zoster22 >60 years 60 years — —
1 Combination vaccines are available. Use of licensed combination vaccines is generally preferred to separate injections of their
equivalent component vaccines. When administering combination vaccines, the minimum age for administration is the oldest age for
any of the individual components; the minimum interval between doses is equal to the greatest interval of any of the individual
components.

2 Information on travel vaccines including typhoid, Japanese encephalitis, and yellow fever, is available at www.cdc.gov/travel.
Information on other vaccines that are licensed in the US but not distributed, including anthrax and smallpox, is available at
www.bt.cdc.gov.

3 Combination vaccines containing a hepatitis B component (Comvax, Pediarix, and Twinrix) are available. These vaccines should
not be administered to infants younger than 6 weeks because of the other components (i.e., Hib, DTaP, HepA, and IPV).

4 HepB-3 should be administered at least 8 weeks after HepB-2 and at least 16 weeks after HepB-1, and should not be
administered before age 24 weeks.

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6 The minimum recommended interval between DTaP-3 and DTaP-4 is 6 months. However, DTaP-4 need not be repeated if
administered at least 4 months after DTaP-3.

7 Children receiving the first dose of Hib or PCV vaccine at age 7 months or older require fewer doses to complete the series.

8 If PRP-OMP (Pedvax-Hib) was administered at ages 2 and 4 months, a dose at age 6 months is not required.

9 A fourth dose is not needed if the third dose was administered on or after the 4th birthday and at least 6 months after the previous
dose.

10 Combination measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine can be used for children aged 12 months through 12 years. (See
CDC. General recommendations on Immunization: recommendations of the ACIP. MMWR 2011;60[No. RR-2],7.)
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11 For persons beginning the series on or after the 13 birthday, the minimum interval from varicella-1 to varicella-2 is 4 weeks.

12 One dose of influenza vaccine per season is recommended for most people. Children younger than 9 years of age who are receiving
influenza vaccine for the first time should receive 2 doses this season. See current influenza recommendations for other factors
affecting the decision to administer one vs. two doses to children younger than 9 years.

13 The minimum age for inactivated influenza vaccine varies by vaccine manufacturer and formulation. See package inserts for vaccine-
specific minimum ages.

14 Revaccination with meningococcal vaccine is recommended for previously vaccinated persons who remain at high risk for
meningococcal disease. (See CDC. Updated recommendations from the ACIP for vaccination of persons at prolonged increased risk
for meningococcal disease. MMWR 2009;58:[1042-3])

15 Menactra may be given as young as 9 months for high-risk children.

16 Only one dose of Tdap is recommended. Subsequent doses should be given as Td. For one brand of Tdap (Adacel), the minimum
age is 11 years. For management of a tetanus-prone wound in a person who has received a primary series of a tetanus-toxoid
containing vaccine, there is no minimum interval between a previous dose of any tetanus-containing vaccine and Tdap.

17 A second dose of PPSV 5 years after the first dose is recommended for persons <65 years of age at highest risk for serious
pneumococcal infection, and for those who are likely to have a rapid decline in pneumococcal antibody concentration. (See CDC.
Prevention of pneumococcal disease: recommendations of the ACIP. MMWR 1997;46[No. RR-8].)

18 Bivalent HPV vaccine (Cervarix) is approved for females 10 through 25 years of age. Quadravalent HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is
approved for males and females 9 through 26 years of age.

19 The minimum age for HPV-3 is based on the baseline minimum age for the first dose (108 months) and the minimum interval of 24
weeks between the first and third doses. Dose 3 need not be repeated if it is given at least 16 weeks after the first dose (and if the
intervals between doses 1 and 2 and doses 2 and 3 are maintained at 4 weeks and 12 weeks, respectively).

20 The first dose of rotavirus must be administered between 6 weeks 0 days and 14 weeks 6 days. The vaccine series should not be
started after age 15 weeks 0 days. Rotavirus should not be administered to children older than 8 months 0 days, regardless of the
number of doses received before that age.

21 If two doses of Rotarix are administered as age appropriate, a third dose is not necessary.

22 Herpes zoster vaccine is recommended as a single dose for persons 60 years of age and older.

Adapted from Table 1, ACIP General Recommendations on Immunization. February 2012